The potential of optimization in communal routing problems: case studies from Finland |
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Authors: | Olli Brysy Wout Dullaert Pentti Nakari |
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Institution: | aAgora Innoroad Laboratory, Agora Center, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland;bInstitute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Keizerstraat 64, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium;cAntwerp Maritime Academy, Noordkasteel Oost 6, 2030 Antwerp, Belgium |
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Abstract: | In many European countries, municipalities offer their inhabitants a wide variety of social services. In this paper we will focus on efficiently scheduling home care, transportation of the elderly, and home meal delivery. These so-called municipal or communal routing problems can be modeled as different variants of the vehicle routing problem, a well-known optimization problem from the literature. We present a focused literature review and report on case studies using Finnish data. The computational results show that there is a significant potential for cost savings for all applications considered. |
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Keywords: | Vehicle routing City logistics Case study Optimization |
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